Thanks Tom, I've always appreciated Debian. I've "lusted" after their list of packages for years; however I'm not sure that what's available for x_86 Debian is available for PowerPC Debian, or whatever they name it.
I appreciate that they remain doing "active" PowerPC work. The issue for me is that I still have to consider the cost or "bottom line" problem which is very real. As I explained multi-core systems exist which already incorporate the developments which IBM utilized during the prime of the PowerPC/Cell era and they are very cheap when measured against repairs for a PowerPC system. I'm not looking at the problem from the view of "making money" as I am looking at the problem from the view of not wasting it on an aging architecture whose current and future descendants are actually Intel multi-core systems which have integrated PowerPC/Cell technologies into themselves! Again, from an individual's perspective considering the "bottom line" as well as the nature of technological development which is active, is only rational. On 3/11/2011 11:47 AM, Thomas Carlson wrote: > Derick: > > Debian is still actively developing a desktop PPC version, the newest stable > release, Squeeze, having been released just this past February. Now, it's on > to Wheezy. > > I am at the moment installing the latest test version, just out today, on my > PowerMac G4 digital audio. Hopefully, a bug in the Squeeze installer that > assigned the wrong sound module to my particular machine has been fixed. > > True, no one is making any money off this endeavor. But, the bottom line is > not the only line. > > Cheers, Tom > >
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